Smart Grids and The Renewable Energy Component
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A twentieth- first century grid cannot be
built on a twentieth century electric grid. Smart grid
has undertaken the promise of incredible advances in
innovation, provision of jobs, wealth creation, cleaner
environment and, consumer empowerment. Smart
grid can be defined as the sum of concerted efforts to
advance existing technologies; Integrating operations
and IT to achieve higher utility, better environment
and society. A real smart modern grid would involve
concepts of sustainability ; development that meets
the needs of present generations yet uncompromising
future generations ability to meet their own needs,
that influence cost effective and confirmed cleaner
technology. This smart grid involves integration of
communication and electrical infrastructures with
unconventional information and computerization in
an already existing grid. This is an enquiry into
introduction of solar photovoltaics (PV) and wind
energy into the existing Covenant University grid, for
the purpose of serving CU community and to serve as
a case study for developing wind energy systems in
Lagos.
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Q Science (General), QC Physics